Troubled Amir Khan has vowed to use his personal turmoil as motivation for a successful return to the ring.

Khan has been finding himself in the news on a daily basis after his acrimonious split with wife Faryhal Makhdoom.

Latest reports suggest his estranged partner, who is pregnant with Khan’s second child, will be demanding a £12million divorce settlement.

And he is still coping with the fallout from his astonishing claims that his wife cheated with Britain's world heavyweight champ Anthony Joshua — an accusation subsequently withdrawn .

Khan was at last weekend's Mayweather vs McGregor superfight as he plans his comeback (Image: REX/Shutterstock)

Now, although there is no concrete comeback date set, the former light welterweight world champion is set to return to a training camp in San Francisco and has given himself a target of ‘four or five big fights’ in the next two years.

Khan said: “There’s always ups and downs in life and it’s how you come through it. This has only given me the chance now to focus more on boxing.

“This is where people are going to start saying, ‘Amir’s going to fail now. We want to see him fail, he’s not going to be the same again with all these distractions.’

Bolton's former world champion wants to be back in action before the end of the year (Image: Action Images)

“I’m going to have to now prove people wrong by going in there and staying on top. It’s always a tough time.”

Khan also confirmed he has spoken to Joshua and cleared the air, explaining: “He rang me, he spoke to me. Everything is cool. I said, Look, everything was a misunderstanding and we just put a bag over it.'

“He goes, 'I wanna be able to come over and shake your hand, Champ.' We want to keep that respect and love.”

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Khan has not fought since being knocked out by Canelo Alvarez in May last year and, after the third hand operation of his career, there were doubts about his long-term future.

But the 30-year-old from Bolton insists he can claim another world title, saying: “I’m at the peak of my career now.

"It is just fine-tuning myself now, going back to camp, getting away from all the distractions and doing what I do best.

It's been almost 16 months since Khan's last fight... (Image: Getty)

...when a gutsy move up to middleweight ended in a spectacular knockout (Image: AFP/Getty)

“I want to fight end of November, or early December. After my first fight back, I’d love to go into a fight with Lamont Peterson because he’s got the WBA title.

“That would be a world title fight and it would be good for me to avenge that loss against him.”

One fight that will have to wait, although it could still take place, is a grudge match-up with Kell Brook .

Khan says he won't face Brook while the Yorkshireman works with Eddie Hearn... (Image: Action Images)

..but fancies a rematch with Peterson, who controversially took his IBF and WBA titles in 2011 (Image: Getty)

Khan said: “It’s a fight the public want but the one thing about it is that it’s always going to be there even if it’s the last fight of my career. Brook is always mouthing off. I’ve been keeping my training up whereas Brook is on a plane getting p***ed somewhere.

“That’s the difference between a professional sportsman and someone who is just ****ing about and wants that big payday fight. And the only way I would take that Brook fight is if he left Eddie Hearn.